SB40-CSA1,1413,207
565.30
(5m) (a) The administrator shall report to the department of
workforce
8development children and families the name, address and social security number of
9each winner of a lottery prize that is payable in installments and the name, address
10and social security number or federal income tax number of the person who has been
11assigned a lottery prize that is payable in installments. Upon receipt of the report,
12the department of
workforce development children and families shall certify to the
13administrator whether any payee or assignee named in the report is obligated to
14provide child support, spousal support, maintenance or family support under s.
15767.001 (1) (f) or (g), 767.225, 767.34, 767.511, 767.531, 767.56, 767.805 (4), 767.85,
16767.863 (3), 767.89 (3), 767.893 (2m) or 948.22 (7) or ch. 769 and the amount required
17to be withheld from the lottery prize under s. 767.75. Subject to par. (b), the
18administrator shall withhold the certified amount from each payment made to the
19winner or assignee and remit the certified amount to the department of
workforce
20development children and families.
SB40-CSA1,1414,222
601.32
(1) If the moneys credited to s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1. under other sections of
23the statutes prove inadequate for the office's supervision of insurance industry
24program, the commissioner may increase any or all of the fees imposed by s. 601.31,
1or may in any year levy a special assessment on all domestic insurers, or both, for the
2general operation of that program.
SB40-CSA1,1414,74
601.415
(8) Long-Term Care Partnership Program. The commissioner shall
5provide the certifications required under s. 49.45 (31) (b) 5. and shall cooperate with
6the department of health and family services in approving the training program
7under s. 49.45 (31) (c) for agents who sell long-term care insurance policies.
SB40-CSA1,1414,149
601.45
(3) Deposit. The commissioner may require any examinee, before or
10from time to time during an examination, to deposit with the secretary of
11administration such deposits as the commissioner deems necessary to pay the costs
12of the examination. Any deposit and any payment made under subs. (1) and (2) shall
13be credited to the appropriation
account under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1. in the percentage
14specified in that
paragraph subdivision.
SB40-CSA1,1414,2216
601.45
(4) Exemptions. On the examinee's request or on the commissioner's
17own motion, the commissioner may pay all or part of the costs of an examination from
18the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1., whenever the commissioner finds that
19because of the frequency of examinations or other factors, imposition of the costs
20would place an unreasonable burden on the examinee. The commissioner shall
21include in his or her annual report information about any instance in which the
22commissioner applied this subsection.
SB40-CSA1,1415,224
601.47
(1) General. The commissioner may prepare books, pamphlets
, and
25other publications relating to insurance and sell them in the manner and at the
1prices the commissioner determines. The cost of publication and distribution may
2be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1.
SB40-CSA1,1415,74
601.47
(3) Free distribution. The commissioner may furnish free copies of the
5publications prepared under subs. (1) and (2) to public officers and libraries in this
6state and elsewhere. The cost of free distribution shall be charged to the
7appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1.
SB40-CSA1,1415,159
601.48
(1) National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The
10commissioner and the office of the commissioner shall maintain close relations with
11the commissioners of other states and shall participate in the activities and affairs
12of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and other organizations so
13far as it will, in the judgment of the commissioner, enhance the purposes of chs. 600
14to 655. The actual and necessary expenses incurred thereby shall be reimbursed out
15of the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1.
SB40-CSA1,1415,2217
601.62
(4) Fees in investigations and hearings. The fees for stenographic
18services in investigations, examinations, and hearings may not exceed the sum
19provided for like services in the circuit court. The fees of officers, witnesses,
20interpreters, and stenographers on behalf of the commissioner or the state shall be
21paid by the secretary of administration, authorized by the certificate of the
22commissioner, and shall be charged to the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1.
SB40-CSA1,1416,924
604.04
(3) Expenses. No full-time state officer or employee may receive
25additional compensation for services under chs. 604 to 607. Appropriate portions of
1the salaries of such persons who do work for the funds or supervise them, and other
2expenses including reasonable charges for state-owned or state-rented office space
3and the use of state-owned or state-rented office equipment shall be charged against
4each fund.
Each fund shall pay to the commissioner amounts charged for
5organizational support services, which shall be credited to the appropriation account
6under s. 20.145 (1) (g) 2. Each fund shall also be charged a sum equivalent to the state
7premium tax that would be paid by a domestic mutual insurer organized or operating
8under ch. 611 and doing the same kind of insurance business, except that no such
9charge shall be made for the insurance of governmental units.
SB40-CSA1,1416,15
11616.10 Exemption from taxation. Every mutual designated a school benefit
12insurer under s. 616.03, every plan authorized under s. 616.06, and every corporation
13organized under s. 616.08 is declared to be a charitable and benevolent corporation,
14and its property, real, personal and mixed, and its income and property transferred
15to it, are exempt from taxation as provided in ss. 70.11, 71.26 (1) (a) and 71.45 (1)
(a).
SB40-CSA1,1416,2017
628.095
(4) (a) The commissioner shall disclose a social security number
18obtained under sub. (1) or (3) to the department of
workforce development children
19and families in the administration of s. 49.22, as provided in a memorandum of
20understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1417,722
628.095
(5) If applicant or intermediary has no social security number. If an
23applicant who is a natural person does not have a social security number, the
24applicant shall provide to the commissioner, along with the application for a license
25and on a form prescribed by the department of
workforce development children and
1families, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the
2applicant does not have a social security number. If an intermediary who is a natural
3person does not have a social security number, the intermediary shall provide to the
4commissioner, each time that the annual fee is paid under s. 601.31 (1) (m) and on
5a form prescribed by the department of
workforce development children and
6families, a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the
7applicant does not have a social security number.
SB40-CSA1,1417,189
628.097
(1m) For failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or
10warrant. The commissioner shall refuse to issue to a natural person a license,
11including a temporary license, under this subchapter if the natural person is
12delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth
13expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or
14former spouse, or if the natural person fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with
15a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of
workforce development children
16and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to
17paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of
18understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1418,420
628.10
(2) (c)
For failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or warrant. 21The commissioner shall suspend or limit the license of an intermediary who is a
22natural person, or a temporary license of a natural person under s. 628.09, if the
23natural person is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support,
24maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the
25support of a child or former spouse, or if the natural person fails to comply, after
1appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of
2workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under
3s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a
4memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1418,11
6628.348 Sale of long-term care insurance. (1) Training requirement. No
7person may solicit, negotiate, or sell long-term care insurance unless the person is
8a licensed intermediary and he or she completes the initial training portion of the
9training program under s. 49.45 (31) (c) by January 1, 2009, and completes the
10ongoing training under s. 49.45 (31) (c) every 24 months after completing the initial
11training.
SB40-CSA1,1418,13
12(2) Insurer verification. Insurers providing long-term care insurance shall
13do all of the following:
SB40-CSA1,1418,1614
(a) Obtain from intermediaries selling long-term care insurance on behalf of
15the insurer verification that the intermediary is in compliance with the training
16requirements under sub. (1).
SB40-CSA1,1418,1717
(b) Maintain records related to the verifications obtained under par. (a).
SB40-CSA1,1418,1818
(c) Make the records under par. (b) available to the commissioner upon request.
SB40-CSA1,1418,2420
632.48
(3) Notice of changes. An insurer that receives a request from the
21department of health and family services under s. 49.47 (4) (cr) 2. for notification
22shall comply with the request and notify the department of any changes to or
23payments made under the annuity contract to which the request for notification
24relates.
SB40-CSA1,1419,4
1632.68
(2) (b) 3m. If a natural person who does not have a social security
2number, provides on a form prescribed by the department of
workforce development 3children and families a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that
4the applicant does not have a social security number.
SB40-CSA1,1419,96
632.68
(2) (bc) 1. The commissioner shall disclose a social security number
7obtained under par. (b) to the department of
workforce development children and
8families in the administration of s. 49.22, as provided in a memorandum of
9understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1419,1911
632.68
(2) (bm) 1. Notwithstanding par. (b), the commissioner may not issue
12a license under this subsection to a natural person who is delinquent in
13court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses,
14medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse,
15or who fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued
16by the department of
workforce development children and families or a county child
17support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support
18proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s.
1949.857.
SB40-CSA1,1420,621
632.68
(2) (e) Except as provided in sub. (3), a license issued under this
22subsection shall be renewed annually on July 1 upon payment of the fee specified in
23s. 601.31 (1) (mp) and upon providing the licensee's social security number, unless
24the licensee does not have a social security number, or federal employer
25identification number, as applicable, if not previously provided on the application for
1the license or at a previous renewal of the license. If the licensee is a natural person
2who does not have a social security number, the license shall be renewed annually
3on July 1 upon payment of the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (mp) and upon providing
4to the commissioner a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation, on
5a form prescribed by the department of
workforce development children and
6families, that the licensee does not have a social security number.
SB40-CSA1,1420,168
632.68
(3) (b) 1. The commissioner shall suspend, limit or refuse to renew a
9viatical settlement provider license issued to a natural person if the natural person
10is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance,
11birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child
12or former spouse, or if the natural person fails to comply, after appropriate notice,
13with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of
workforce development 14children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related
15to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of
16understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1421,718
632.68
(4) (b) A person may apply to the commissioner for a viatical settlement
19broker license on a form prescribed by the commissioner for that purpose. The
20application form shall require the applicant to provide the applicant's social security
21number, if the applicant is a natural person unless the applicant does not have a
22social security number, or the applicant's federal employer identification number, if
23the applicant is not a natural person. The fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (mr) shall
24accompany the application. The commissioner may not issue a license under this
25subsection unless the applicant provides his or her social security number, unless the
1applicant does not have a social security number, or its federal employer
2identification number, whichever is applicable. If the applicant is a natural person
3who does not have a social security number, the commissioner may not issue a license
4under this subsection unless the applicant provides, on a form prescribed by the
5department of
workforce development children and families, a statement made or
6subscribed under oath or affirmation that the applicant does not have a social
7security number.
SB40-CSA1,1421,129
632.68
(4) (bc) 1. The commissioner shall disclose a social security number
10obtained under par. (b) to the department of
workforce development children and
11families in the administration of s. 49.22, as provided in a memorandum of
12understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1421,2114
632.68
(4) (bm) 1. The commissioner may not issue a license under this
15subsection to a natural person who is delinquent in court-ordered payments of child
16or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses
17related to the support of a child or former spouse, or who fails to comply, after
18appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of
19workforce development children and families or a county child support agency under
20s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a
21memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1422,823
632.68
(4) (c) Except as provided in sub. (5), a license issued under this
24subsection shall be renewed annually on July 1 upon payment of the fee specified in
25s. 601.31 (1) (ms) and upon providing the licensee's social security number, unless the
1licensee does not have a social security number, or federal employer identification
2number, as applicable, if not previously provided on the application for the license
3or at a previous renewal of the license. If the licensee is a natural person who does
4not have a social security number, the license shall be renewed annually, except as
5provided in sub. (5), on July 1 upon payment of the fee specified in s. 601.31 (1) (ms)
6and upon providing to the commissioner a statement made or subscribed under oath
7or affirmation, on a form prescribed by the department of
workforce development 8children and families, that the licensee does not have a social security number.
SB40-CSA1,1422,1810
632.68
(5) (b) 1. The commissioner shall suspend, limit or refuse to renew a
11viatical settlement broker license issued to a natural person if the natural person is
12delinquent in court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth
13expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or
14former spouse, or if the natural person fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with
15a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of
workforce development children
16and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to
17paternity or child support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of
18understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1422,23
20632.726 Current procedural terminology code changes. (1) In this
21section, "current procedural terminology code" means a number established by the
22American Medical Association that a health care provider puts on a health insurance
23claim form to describe the services that he or she performed.
SB40-CSA1,1423,3
24(2) If an insurer changes a current procedural terminology code that was
25submitted by a health care provider on a health insurance claim form, the insurer
1shall include on the explanation of benefits form the reason for the change to the
2current procedural terminology code and shall cite on the explanation of benefits
3form the source for the change.
SB40-CSA1,1423,55
632.745
(6) (a) 2m. A
family long-term care district under s. 46.2895.
SB40-CSA1,1423,97
632.746
(7m) (b) 1. The employee or dependent is eligible for benefits under the
8Medical Assistance program under s.
49.471 or 49.472 or for coverage under the
9Badger Care health care program under s. 49.665.
SB40-CSA1,1423,17
11632.857 Explanation required for restriction or termination of
12coverage. If an insurer restricts or terminates an insured's coverage for the
13treatment of a condition or complaint and, as a result, the insured becomes liable for
14payment for all of his or her treatment for the condition or complaint, the insurer
15shall provide on the explanation of benefits form a detailed explanation of the clinical
16rationale and of the basis in the policy, plan, or contract or in applicable law for the
17insurer's restriction or termination of coverage.
SB40-CSA1,1423,2119
632.875
(2) (g) A
reasonable detailed explanation of the
factual basis clinical
20rationale and of the basis in the policy, plan
, or contract or in applicable law for the
21insurer's restriction or termination of coverage.
SB40-CSA1, s. 3689
22Section
3689. 632.897 (10) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB40-CSA1,1424,223
632.897
(10) (am) 2. Provide family coverage under the group policy or
24individual policy for the individual's child, if eligible for coverage, upon application
1by the individual, the child's other parent, the department of
workforce development 2children and families or the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).
SB40-CSA1,1424,74
633.14
(1) (e) If an individual who does not have a social security number,
5provides on a form prescribed by the department of
workforce development children
6and families a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that he or she
7does not have a social security number.
SB40-CSA1,1424,129
633.14
(2c) (a) The commissioner shall disclose a social security number
10obtained under sub. (1) (d) to the department of
workforce development children and
11families in the administration of s. 49.22, as provided in a memorandum of
12understanding entered into under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1424,2214
633.14
(2m) (a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), the commissioner may not issue a
15license under this section if the individual applying for the license is delinquent in
16court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses,
17medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse,
18or if the individual fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or
19warrant issued by the department of
workforce development children and families 20or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child
21support proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into
22under s. 49.857.
SB40-CSA1,1425,1024
633.15
(1m) Social security number, federal employer identification
25number or statement. At an annual renewal, an administrator shall provide his or
1her social security number, if the administrator is an individual unless he or she does
2not have a social security number, or its federal employer identification number, if
3the administrator is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, if the
4social security number or federal employer identification number was not previously
5provided on the application for the license or at a previous renewal of the license. If
6an administrator who is an individual does not have a social security number, the
7individual shall provide to the commissioner, at each annual renewal and on a form
8prescribed by the department of
workforce development
children and families, a
9statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation that the administrator does
10not have a social security number.
SB40-CSA1,1425,2112
633.15
(2) (c)
Failure to pay support or to comply with subpoena or warrant. 13The commissioner shall suspend, limit or refuse to renew a license issued under this
14section to an individual if the individual is delinquent in court-ordered payments of
15child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other
16expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or if the individual fails
17to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the
18department of
workforce development children and families or a county child
19support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support
20proceedings, as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into under s.
2149.857.
SB40-CSA1,1426,623
645.09
(2) (a)
Causes of delinquency. The commissioner may include in his or
24her annual report, not later than the 2nd annual report following the initiation of any
25formal proceedings under this chapter, a detailed analysis of the basic causes and the
1contributing factors making the initiation of formal proceedings necessary, and may
2make recommendations for remedial legislation. For this purpose the commissioner
3may appoint a special assistant qualified in insurance, finance
, and accounting to
4conduct the study and prepare the analysis, and may determine the special
5assistant's compensation, which shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.145
6(1) (g)
1.
SB40-CSA1,1426,168
645.09
(2) (b)
Final study. The commissioner may include in his or her annual
9report, not later than the 2nd annual report following discharge of the receiver, a
10detailed study of the delinquency proceeding for each insurer subjected to a formal
11proceeding, with an analysis of the problems faced and their solutions. The
12commissioner may also suggest alternative solutions, as well as other material of
13interest, for the purpose of assisting and guiding liquidators or rehabilitators in the
14future. For this purpose the commissioner may appoint a special assistant qualified
15to conduct the study and prepare the analysis, and may determine his or her
16compensation, which shall be paid from the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1.
SB40-CSA1,1426,2418
645.46
(4) Defray all expenses of taking possession of, conserving, conducting,
19liquidating, disposing of
, or otherwise dealing with the business and property of the
20insurer. If the property of the insurer does not contain sufficient cash or liquid assets
21to defray the costs incurred, the liquidator may advance the costs so incurred out of
22the appropriation under s. 20.145 (1) (g)
1. Any amounts so paid shall be deemed
23expense of administration and shall be repaid for the credit of the office of the
24commissioner of insurance out of the first available moneys of the insurer.
SB40-CSA1,1427,4
1647.02
(2) (g) The figure to be used by the provider as the actual or projected
2length of a resident's stay in the facility in the formula in the contract provision
3required under s. 647.05
(9) (1m) (i) and supporting information showing how the
4figure was determined.
